Texas Property Code - Section 24.001. Forcible Entry And Detainer
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§ 24.001. FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER. (a) A person
commits a forcible entry and detainer if the person enters the real
property of another without legal authority or by force and refuses
to surrender possession on demand.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, a forcible entry is:
(1) an entry without the consent of the person in
actual possession of the property;
(2) an entry without the consent of a tenant at will or
by sufferance; or
(3) an entry without the consent of a person who
acquired possession by forcible entry.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3514, ch. 576, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 688, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1989.
Section: 22.045 23.001 23.002 23.003 23.004 23.005 23.006 24.001 24.002 24.003 24.004 24.005 24.0051 24.0052 24.0053
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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